Nonentity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nonentity is a noun meaning (countable) An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
Meaning
(countable) An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The state of not existing; nonexistence.
Example Sentences
He allowed himself to become a nonentity, a void, a receptacle for the voices of the world.
Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley, it's almost as though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?
New objects, new amusements, will occupy her mind; and unhappiness, equally unsuspected and unspoken, will die of its own nonentity.
The Queen Mother detests, but she dreads me—my uncle is indifferent, but finds me of use—our new Queen is already a nonentity—and Louis knows that my house is the most agreeable in Paris.
Word Forms
- nonentities
- non-entity
Synonyms for nonentity
Depending on context, synonyms include also-ran, cipher, crumb, minnow, nebbish, nobody.
Antonyms for nonentity
Common opposites include somebody.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nobody, cypher, cipher, insignificancy, unbeing, zero.
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